20:26 So all the Israelites, the whole army, 6 went up to 7 Bethel. 8 They wept and sat there before the Lord; they did not eat anything 9 that day until evening. They offered up burnt sacrifices and tokens of peace 10 to the Lord.
21:23 The Benjaminites did as instructed. 11 They abducted two hundred of the dancing girls to be their wives. 12 They went home 13 to their own territory, 14 rebuilt their cities, and settled down. 15
1 tn Heb “it.” The Hebrew pronoun is feminine singular here, referring to the “city” (a grammatically feminine singular noun) mentioned in v. 27.
2 map For location see Map1-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.
3 tn Heb “and a thing there was not to them with men.”
4 tn Heb “it.” The Hebrew pronoun is feminine singular here, referring to the “city” (a grammatically feminine singular noun) mentioned in v. 27.
5 tn Heb “They”; the referent (the Danites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 tn Heb “and all the people.”
7 tn Heb “went up and came [to].”
8 map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.
9 tn Traditionally, “fasted.”
10 tn Or “peace offerings.”
11 tn Heb “did so.”
12 tn Heb “And they took wives according to their number from the dancing girls whom they abducted.”
13 tn Heb “went and returned.”
14 tn Heb “inheritance.”
15 tn Heb “and lived in them.”